There are many terms that could describe the Blues’ 2013 season. Unpredictable. Exciting. Depressing. Uplifting. Gut-wrenching. But there is one word that can describe many players on the roster: inconsistent. Brian Elliott, the NHL’s second star of April and the Blues’ workhorse in the playoffs, has been accused of inconsistency this season. He started the ...
For the NHL Central Division, the Stanley Cup playoffs have been a mixed bag of results, to say the least. The Chicago Blackhawks looked to be in cruise control when they took a 2-0 series lead over the Minnesota Wild, but they were beat in nearly every area of the game in a Game 3 ...
Prior to the 2011-’12 NHL season, the Los Angeles Kings were a sexy pick to win the franchise’s first Stanley Cup. After all, they had gained some playoff experience as the Western Conference’s seventh seed the previous year, they were building around budding superstar Anze Kopitar and, simply put, they looked ready to take the next step. Many predicted 2011-’12 could be the Kings’ year.
The Blues made quite the splash Monday night in the trade market when they acquired defenseman Jay Bouwmeester from the Calgary Flames. Sending away prospects Reto Berra and Marc Cundari, as well as a conditional 2013 first-round draft selection, the Blues assured that they will have a steady defense for the stretch run to the ...
Some general managers like to build their team with a lot of offensive punch (Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks), while others prefer to build their team with a strong goalie tandem (Boston Bruins or Los Angeles Kings). Finally, some GMs prefer to build their team with a very deep defensive corps. Two months into the ...
Past Previews: Team Czech Republic Team Finland Team Sweden Team Russia Team Canada won the game they had to win, defeating the arch-rival Team USA in the gold medal game of the 2010 Olympics on home ice in Vancouver, when Sidney Crosby scored on a sharp-angle shot in overtime which is certain to be featured on at ...
Who predicted that by the first of March, the Blackhawks would still be undefeated in regulation? It’s an unbelievable feat to amass at least a point in over twenty straight games, and when you have players like Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa, Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith all playing lights out, you set yourself up for success, ...
It seems like only yesterday that the NHL season got underway in mid-January, but as we stand right now we are already nearing the completion of a third of the schedule. We’ve seen some crazy performances turned in by unexpected faces (Viktor Fasth, Thomas Vanek, the whole Montreal Canadiens roster) and we’ve also seen teams ...
With the Sochi Olympics coming up in a year from now, it’s usually the time where people start keeping an eye on the NHL and an eye on potential candidates for Olympic rosters. This is especially true of Canadian fans who are constantly counting down to the next Olympic tournament. It’s not just the avid fans though, ...
Although it’s still very early in the season, several players have already started to turn heads in the early stages of the 2013 NHL season. Obviously no important hardware is handed out for two weeks of solid play, but here is how I think the important NHL trophy traces are currently shaping up after the ...
